BC Transit

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New logo,2009-Present

Old logo and red, blue and white paint scheme is still seen on most buses in operation. 1978-2009

BC Transit is a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside of Metro Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia.

Originally known as the British Columbia Electric Railway, a division of BC Hydro, BC Transit was created in 1972 as a method of subsidizing transit throughout the province. In 1978, the province separated the transit authority into a separate agency called the Urban Transit Authority which was later renamed as BC Transit.

BC Transit carries out overall planning and delivery for all of the different municipal transit systems in British Columbia. In 1999, responsibility for the management of transportation in Greater Vancouver (now called Metro Vancouver), including public transit, was taken over by TransLink. In the future, TransLink's jurisdiction is planned to expand into adjacent regions east and north of Metro Vancouver.

[edit] Transit systems

Victoria is the only location where BC Transit directly operates the transit system, and in four locations (Nanaimo, Nelson, Powell River and the Sunshine Coast) the municipality operates the service. Private operators are contracted to deliver the transit services elsewhere. There are three levels of regular transit systems.^[1]

[edit] Tier 1

• Central Fraser Valley
• Kamloops
• Kelowna Regional
• Nanaimo Regional
• Prince George
• Whistler

[edit] Tier 2

• Campbell River
• Chilliwack
• Comox Valley
• Cowichan Valley
• Penticton
• Vernon Regional

[edit] Tier 3

• Cranbrook
• Dawson Creek
• Fort St. John
• Kitimat
• Kootenay Boundary
• Nelson
• Port Alberni
• Powell River
• Prince Rupert
• Squamish
• Sunshine Coast
• Terrace Regional

[edit] handyDART

There are 14 Custom Transit (handyDART) Systems.^[1]

• Alberni-Clayoquot
• Campbell River
• Central Fraser Valley
• Chilliwack
• Cranbrook
• Kamloops
• Kelowna Regional
• Kitimat
• Kootenay Boundary
• Nanaimo Regional
• Penticton
• Prince George
• Prince Rupert
• Vernon Regional

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BC Transit

v • d • e BC Transit Systems City/Town/Region Abbotsford/Mission • Bella Coola • Boundary • Campbell River • Castlegar Regional • Central Kootenays • Chilliwack/Agassiz-Harrison • Clearwater • Columbia Valley • Comox Valley • Cowichan Valley • Cranbrook • Creston Valley • Dawson Creek • Elk Valley • Fort St. John • Hazeltons' Regional • Kamloops • Kelowna • Kimberley • Kitimat • Lillooet and Lytton • Logan Lake • Merritt • Nanaimo • Nelson • Penticton & Okanagan-Similkameen • Port Alberni & Alberni-Clayoquot • Powell River • Prince George • Prince Rupert and Port Edward • Princeton • Quesnel • Revelstoke • Shuswap Regional • Smithers and District, Squamish • Summerland • Sunshine Coast • Terrace Regional • Trail • Victoria • Vernon Regional & North Okanagan • Whistler • Williams Lake

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